President's Council Meeting
Summary
Present: Dene Thomas,
Absent: Renee Hofeldt,
Calendar Review
Calendars
for December and January were distributed noting President’s travel and major
campus events.
December
19 Faculty Association and
campus meeting
January
7 Presidents’ Council
–
January
8 LCSC President’s
Council
January
9 Campus meeting,
January
19-24 Higher Education Week
at the Legislature
January
20-21 State Board of
Education Meeting –
January
22 LCSC Joint Finance
and Appropriations Committee presentation
President’s Update
·President Thomas and President’s
Council members congratulated Provost Morris on being selected for the
presidency of
·Searches also will begin in
January for the two interim deans, director of college advancement, business
division chair and
other faculty positions.
·President Thomas announced the
resignation of
effective
·President Thomas updated the
Council on recent meetings.
·Presidents’ Council in
Three of the institutions could charge tuition
with a statute change. Only one
institution would require
a constitutional
change.
·Idaho Taxpayers’ Association
Meeting on December 4: President Thomas
networked with several
legislators. She has met with local and regional
legislators. The presenters were asked
if
only afford three
four-year institutions.
·State Board of Education Meeting
on December 11 and 12
Student Fee Indexing:
The President’s Council report to the State Board of Education focused
on student fee indexing. The Chief
Financial Officers recommended indexing to peer
institutions (95-105% range) with a three to five year phase-in. A peer review and proposed peer revisions
will be submitted to the State Board of Education in April. The Board called for a formal presentation
from the institutions which would cite the problems with the other
options. Fee indexing is a difficult
issue and the Board is not comfortable with what they have heard to this point
in time.
K-12 budget request was initially approved at the Board
meeting on December 12. However, the
Board rescinded their approval at a meeting on December 17. Higher Education and K12 are being forced to
compete for the same funding.
·Campus meeting is scheduled on
Thursday, December 19. President Thomas
reviewed the agenda.
Vacant positions
Feedback
Strategic Planning
On-line registration and grading
CAMP grant
Indian Education grant
·Winter Revels was well attended
and a good event for campus community.
Provost and Vice Presidents’
Reports
Provost Report
NASC Accreditation Visit: A report will be drafted by the end of
January to address recommendations and changes that have happened on campus
since the last NASC visit. Council
members were asked to send recommendations/reminders to Provost Morris via
e-mail. The NASC visit is expected in
March or April.
Administrative Services Report
·Athletic Report was submitted to the Board at the
December meeting. LC spoke to their
deficit and the
Board acknowledge
that the goal for the first year has been met.
·Deloitte Touche audit report
was presented. All LCSC recommendations
were met and LC was the only
institution that did
not have any prior year recommendations to be met.
·Budget Outlook is less certain at this time than it
was last year. It is not likely that
higher education will
see a budget cut or
that a maintenance budget will be the base.
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
·Spring semester 2003 registration is at 2257 which is
approximately 5% increase over last year at this same time. Overall applications are up 53% from last
year at this same time. 80.4% applicants
have been fully admitted even though some may still need to register. Courses will need to be reviewed for
capacity.
·International Student Services:
A Study Aboard
Program is basically being developed to support and strengthen the CAMP grant,
but will be available to the whole campus.
Glen Galindo will be released on a temporary basis to start the Study
Abroad Program.
LC intends to have a
representative attend the Oh, America Fair (
General Jung Hoi Koo, President. of Industry
Academy Coop. Group,
The president of the
Direct
Reporting Units
Athletic Department: No report.
Institutional Planning,
Research and Assessment Report:
·UAP review groups are completing their assignment and
the results will be forwarded to President
Thomas.
UAPs are posted to the intranet.
·Emergency alert notifications
testing has been successfully completed
on the intranet and internet.
Faculty
Senate:
·Approximately ten faculty are traveling to
·A proposal will be made at the
Faculty Association meeting to contribute $250 to Martin Luther King
Day activity.
Professional
Staff:
·The next meeting is scheduled
for January 30.
·Concerns have been expressed
about the percentage increase of staff over faculty. It appears that many
positions are from outside allocated funding and that is not
well understood.
Classified Staff:
·The next meeting is scheduled February
18.
·At the December meeting, Carmen
Rahm present technology updates and
information about
hiring and other policies that are specific to classified staff procedures.
Around the table:
Information Technology:
·A reminder was offered to shut
computers down during the holidays.
·Because of the amount of faculty
using WarriorWeb for grading and advising, the number
of Datatel
concurrent use licenses can be reduced. If the institution has fewer than 64
licenses, there is no cost.
We hope to save
between $10,000 and $15,000 next year due to the implementation of WarriorwWeb.
·A new internet router has been
purchased. The router currently being
utilized will be transferred to the
Workforce Training center to connect them with campus.
Student Affairs:
·
·Residency Hall master keys were stolen. The Lewiston Police Department is now involved.
The next President's Council will be on Wednesday,
January 8, at